Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message-From: Hindle, Greg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2006 13:29To: NB List MailSubject: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey I am just curious how many of you remotely handle tapes that get stuck in a drive. Job fails

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread Bob Stump
Title: Stuck tapes survey Sometimes I have had to remotely logon to the media server and use the "mt" command to rewind and eject the tape. Then I was able to use robtest to place it back into its proper slot. This happens when the robotic control host does not have access to the tape drive.

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon
Title: Message I just use the Tape Library GUI and place back in the slot and just update the inventory manually. Although, I must admit I have only ever had 1 tape stuck in a drive, and that was due to a heating problem .. or should I say "lack" or cooling problem :-) Regards Simon

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread Paul Keating
6 8:29 AMTo: NB List MailSubject: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey I am just curious how many of you remotely handle tapes that get stuck in a drive. Job fails, or the drive goes down etc. I'm sure most use robtest but was wondering if any other methods

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread Jeff Lightner
it originally came. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hindle, Greg Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 8:29 AM To: NB List Mail Subject: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey I am just curious how many of you remotely handle tapes that get stuck in a drive. Job

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread Paul Keating
Exactly... But sometimes it just don't work. ;o) -- -Original Message- From: Justin Piszcz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: September 29, 2006 9:12 AM Paul, using robtest you should be able to unmount a tape. 1) run robtest 2) type: unload d1 3) type: m d1 s50 to move the

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread Jeff Lightner
that.) FYI: On some HP-UX st also exists and may be better to use. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Stump Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 8:41 AM To: Greg Hindle; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey Sometimes I

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread WEAVER, Simon
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 September 2006 14:12 To: Paul Keating Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey Paul, using robtest you should be able to unmount a tape. 1) run robtest 2) type: unload d1 3) type: m d1 s50 to move the tape in d1 to slot 50

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread Justin Piszcz
Mail Subject: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey I am just curious how many of you remotely handle tapes that get stuck in a drive. Job fails, or the drive goes down etc. I'm sure most use robtest but was wondering if any other methods are used. Greg

Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey

2006-09-29 Thread Paul Keating
@mailman.eng.auburn.eduSubject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Stuck tapes survey I have management card in my libraries. I simply go to its web page and tell robot to unload the drive Dave La version française